About the author

Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou (Swedish pronunciation: [¹jɑːn ɡɪ¹juː], French: [ɡiju]; born 17 January 1944) is a French-Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy(+) of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget (Pirate Publishing), together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.

Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist. In 1973, he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet.

In October 2009, the tabloid Expressen accused Guillou of having been active as an agent of the Soviet spy organization KGB between 1967 and 1972. Guillou confirmed he had a series of contacts with KGB representatives during this period, he also confirms having received payments from KGB, but maintains that his purpose was to collect information for his journalistic work. The accusation was based on documents released from the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) and interviews with former KGB Colonel Oleg Gordievsky. In a later trial, Expressen denied having accused Guillou of having been a Soviet spy, claiming that this was a false interpretation of its headlines and reporting.

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Madame Terror

Hamilton er tilbage! Den palæstinensiske brigadegeneral Mouna al Husseini har brug for hjælp til at gennemføre verdenshistoriens største terrorangreb, og fra det øjeblik Carl Hamilton stiger om bord på U-1 Jerusalem forandres alt.  Hovedmodstanderne i den politiske kamp, der følger, er to enestående kvinder, Mouna al Husseini og den amerikanske udenrigsminister Condoleezza Rice.  De bliver venner for livet. Og fjender. "Intet mindre end et mesterværk … pointerne er drevet af ægte indignation, han er emnemæssigt på hjemmebane, og hans suveræne fortælletalent kan folde sig helt ud. Information Man kan dårligt forestille sig en forfatter der kan skrive bedre om terrorisme i skønlitterær form end svenske Jan Guilllou ... enormt vid og overlegen behændighed i forhold til både at skrive elementært spændende og underholdende og samtidig give sin historie politisk nerve. Børsen Bogen er i sin genre et mesterværk. Veloplagt og velskrevet ... Nøjagtig som med de 10 oprindelige Hamiltonbøger kan man nyde den elementære spænding og glæde sig over den skarptoptrukne samfundskritik. Nyhedsavisen “Madame Terror” er effen og effektiv. Politiken
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Edition3. udgave
Printed pages494 Sider
Publish date16 Jun 2010
Published byModtryk
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ISBN epub9788770534925
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